Drinking fountain



Jan. 22 1924.

M. J. GLAUBER DRINKING FOUNTAIN Filed Aug. 6 1919 @lwwentoz Myron Joseph Glvber Patented Jan. 22, 1924-.

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MYRON JOSEPH GLAUBER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MORRIS H. GLAUBER,

or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

Application filed August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,600.

To all 2070077241 may concern:

Be it known that MYnoN Josnrn GLAD- nnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, has invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Drinking F ountains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a drinking fountain of the bubbling type,and the main object in view is to provide the public with a fountain equipped with adequate safeguards adapted to maintain it in a sanitary condition at all times, all substantially as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a faucet and fountain embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with a portion of the fountain bowl broken away. Fig. 8 is a side elevation with a part of the fountain in section and the valve closed as in cut-ofi' position. In Figs. 1 and 2 the position of the lever indicates that thevalve is open.

As thus shown the invention is developed in or upon a well known type of drinking fountain having a valve V with a hand lever h adapted to be turned to open and close the valve. As shown the spout body B has a diaphragm (2? across the water passage and a. flat seat on its top in which an escape duct 3 is provided through which the water is supplied to the fountain. An exhaust duct 4 is also provided on the opposite side of diaphragm d for the escape of the waste water from the fountain bowl. Duct 3 discharges into a. tubular stud 5 which has a screw-thread 6 about its relatively enlarged base adapted to be engaged by a nozzle or tubular jet member 7. An annular water space is provided between the stud and the tube 7, and one or more small orifices 8 discharge the water from the interior of said stud into said annular space and from whence it flows upwardly through said tube and is discharged in the form of a jet or column through a reduced rectangular neck with flat sides. The overflow or waste water issuing from said tube is caught up by the bowl Z) and discharged through waste duct 4.. The said bowl has an elongated neck fitting snugly in the ferrule or sleeve 10, which is screw-threaded and seated within and ears extending the rear of the upon the screw-threaded flange 12' on body B.

The stud 5 is also threaded internally to receive a plug'valve P screwed therein and adapted to regulate the volume of water issuing from orifices 8 according to the pressure and other conditions.

Now, having the device developed as shown and thus far described, it will be seen that the nozzle or jetting tube 7 is provided with a hinged lid or cover 14 of light weight lying flat across the mouth of the tube when closed and having opposite side flanges or parallel with and adapted to overlap the corresponding flat sides of the neck of the tube. The side ears or flanges of the lid prevent the jet of water from spreading or spraying adjacent the point where the water strikes the lid body and these ears assist in forming a substantial stream for drinking purposes. The ears also assist in effecting self-closing movements of the lid, that is, the balance of weight is always on the same side of the pivot as is the orifice of the nozzle.

'Any suitable pivot or hinge may be employed, provided that it affords free movement. In this particular instance, the hinge comprises a curved tongue 15, integral with or permanently fixed on the neck a, and this tongue extends through a transverse slot in cover. The tongue 15, in this instance, has a reverse bend, the extremity of which is positioned on a plane sufficiently above the hinge to function as a back stop for the lid when the lid is open and which will sustain the lid in an upright position when the water is flowing, but from which position the lid will drop automatically to closing position when the water pressure ceases.

It will be seen that the lid is thus made responsive to the water pressure immediately the water is turned on, and the lid is held open while the water flows, and closure follows automatically by gravity when the water pressure ceases. The closed position is the normal position of the lid or cover and is the object mainly sought by this portion of the invention, since it is some such closure that is necessary to make the device strictly sanitary. Otherwise, the mouth of nozzle 7 would be constantly open and exposed to either the inadvertent or malicious introducduction of foreign matter, sputum, or contaminations. The precaution of an effective closure for said jet nozzle or tube at its out let end is therefore very important from a sanitary point of view, and is made effective in this instance by the fact that the lid is self-closing and relatively small and takes care of itself in both opening and closing the outlet. The outlet is open only when the Water is flowing, at which time no extraneous matter can lodge or remain in the tube. When the water ceases to flow, the lid or valve closes with the slackening of the flow and the outlet is closed and covered simultaneously with the cut-off or cessation of flow of the water at the outlet itself.

The invention herein is shown and described in connection with a bubbling drinking fountain of a specific, well known type, but it is not necessarily confined thereto, as the invention may be applied to other types of drinking fountains in use, where a jet or nozzle is used in either vertical, horizontal, or inclined position.

That I claim is:

1. A drinking fountain, comprising a n0zzle and a cover lying flat across the mouth of said nozzle and hinged thereon adapted to be opened solely by water pressure and to automatically close when the water pressure is shutoff, said cover being provided with means to prevent the jet of water from spreading and spraying.

2. A drinking fountain, comprising a vertical nozzle and a gravity cover hinged freely at one side of said nozzle having side portions adapted to overlap the sides of said nozzle, and an open end to permit a free discharge, said cover resting horizontally by gravity upon the end of said nozzle and freely movable to a perpendicular portion at one side of the jet of water discharged from said nozzle.

3. In a drinking fountain, a nozzle having a fiat-sided neck at its top and a lid hinged thereon having an open end and side flanges adapted to overlap the flat sides of said neck, and a stop for said lid adapted to align the lid substantially parallel with said nozzle.

i. A drinking fountain, comprising a water-delivering body having a screwthreaded stud, a nozzle member screw-engaged with said stud and extending vertically, and a gravity lid of light weight and of channel formation lying across the outlet end ofsaid nozzle member adapted to be opened solely by the force of water passing therethrough,'said lid being hinged loosely to move freely into a vertical position without spraying or spreading the column of water formed by said nozzle member.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga, and State of Ohio, this 24 day of July, 1919.

MYRON JOSEPH GLAUBER. 

